We've been working a lot with genre, westerns, and heroes. Now it's time to put it all together. You'll be breaking into groups of five to choose one fictional hero you can all agree on. This hero can be from a book, a movie, television, or even a comic book. But this hero must not be from a western originally.
In your group, you'll take your hero and give him or her a new story in a western. You must make a short film using everything you have learned about film and genre to take your fictional hero from their original heroic backdrop and put him or her in a western.
You will be playing/performing/presenting you final work in front of the class in two weeks (November 12-17). Each group member will be responsible for a short two page paper discussing what makes your fictional hero a hero and why that character could be the hero of a western. As a group, you will write a short two page paper explaining the shots, angles, music, and any other filming techniques employed in your work. You must explain why you used these techniques and how they enhanced the work as a whole and how they made it a western.
Get creative! Choose one (1) of the following options.
~Check out a camera from the library to shoot a film after school. Your video must use all group members, have at least three (3) scenes and be at least five (5) minutes long.
~Use xtranormal.com or some other animated site to make your western a cartoon. Your video must have at least three (3) scenes and be at least five (5) minutes long.
~Use pixton.com to do a storyboard paired with a scene shot out on xtranormal.com. Your storyboard must have at least twelve (12) frames and your scene must be at least two (2) minutes long.
~Write a script for a skit you would perform in front of the class. Your skit must use all group members, must have at least two (2) scenes and must be at least three (3) minutes long. Hand in your script after you present.
When presenting you project, make sure to introduce your fictional character and why you picked him or her.
Show off! Westerns were big in their day, do them justice!
Turn a Hero Western
We've been working a lot with genre, westerns, and heroes. Now it's time to put it all together. You'll be breaking into groups of five to choose one fictional hero you can all agree on. This hero can be from a book, a movie, television, or even a comic book. But this hero must not be from a western originally.
In your group, you'll take your hero and give him or her a new story in a western. You must make a short film using everything you have learned about film and genre to take your fictional hero from their original heroic backdrop and put him or her in a western.
You will be playing/performing/presenting you final work in front of the class in two weeks (November 12-17). Each group member will be responsible for a short two page paper discussing what makes your fictional hero a hero and why that character could be the hero of a western. As a group, you will write a short two page paper explaining the shots, angles, music, and any other filming techniques employed in your work. You must explain why you used these techniques and how they enhanced the work as a whole and how they made it a western.
Get creative! Choose one (1) of the following options.
~Check out a camera from the library to shoot a film after school. Your video must use all group members, have at least three (3) scenes and be at least five (5) minutes long.
~Use xtranormal.com or some other animated site to make your western a cartoon. Your video must have at least three (3) scenes and be at least five (5) minutes long.
~Use pixton.com to do a storyboard paired with a scene shot out on xtranormal.com. Your storyboard must have at least twelve (12) frames and your scene must be at least two (2) minutes long.
~Write a script for a skit you would perform in front of the class. Your skit must use all group members, must have at least two (2) scenes and must be at least three (3) minutes long. Hand in your script after you present.
When presenting you project, make sure to introduce your fictional character and why you picked him or her.
Show off! Westerns were big in their day, do them justice!
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